1766 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1766 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1766 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Thomas Morgan[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â George Rice[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Howell Gwynne (until 12 July);[10][2] Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (from 16 July)[11]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Egerton[12]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Ewer[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Richard Newcome[14]
- Bishop of St Davids â Samuel Squire (until 7 May); Robert Lowth (from 14 June); Charles Moss (from 30 November)[15]
Events
- 19 February - Thomas Kymer is granted an Act of Parliament allowing him to construct the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal.[16]
- 12 May - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, marries Margaret, daughter of Rev Hugh Wynn and heiress to the Bodysgallen estate.
- July - Maurice Morgann becomes an under-secretary to the Earl of Shelburne, then Secretary of State for the South. In November he is made secretary of the Province of New Jersey.[17]
- 12 November - John, Lord Mountstuart marries Charlotte Jane, granddaughter of Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor.[18]
- unknown date - The Welsh-language periodical Yr Awstralydd is launched by William Meirion Evans in Australia.[19]
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Evan Lloyd - The Powers of the Pen[20]
- Anna Williams - Miscellanies in Prose and Verse[21]
Welsh language
Music
- Elis Roberts - Oliffernes a Jiwdath[27]
Paintings
- Richard Wilson - Meleager and Atalanta
Births
- March - William Turner, industrialist (died 1853)
- 10 November - John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), satirical poet and radical pamphleteer (died 1821)[28]
- 6 December - Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet (died 1850)[29]
- 18 December - Charles Lloyd, dissenting minister and schoolmaster (died 1829)[30]
- 25 December - Christmas Evans, preacher (died 1838)[31]
- unknown date
- Martha Llwyd, hymnodist (died 1845)[32]
- Henry Parry, clergyman and antiquarian (died 1854)[33]
Deaths
- 1 January - James Francis Edward Stuart, 77, nominally Prince of Wales from his birth until 1701[34]
- 19 January - Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne, landowner[35]
- 30 January - John Jeffreys, 59, politician[36]
- June - Evan Edwards, 32, harpist[37]
- 7 May - Samuel Squire, 51/52, Bishop of St Davids[15]
- 17 November - Morgan Morgan, 78, Welsh-born American colonist (in America)[38]
- date unknown - Milbourn Bloom, independent minister[39]